This is where I am.
you are welcome to join me
yet I will not compel you
I will not entreat you
I will not beg you.
I will simply invite you
and that I will do just once
and then I will assume
you’ve declined.
Because this is where I am
and I cannot pretend
to be elsewhere
I cannot attempt
to move in order to have you.
I’ve come too far to be here
to turn and follow
anyone.